Synopsis

• Convert a list of tuples into a dictionary. This is a filter version of the dict function.

Input

This describes the input of the filter, the value before | community.general.dict.

Examples

- name: Convert list of tuples into dictionary
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    dictionary: "{{ [[1, 2], ['a', 'b']] | community.general.dict }}"
    # Result is {1: 2, 'a': 'b'}

- name: Create a list of dictionaries with map and the community.general.dict filter
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: >-
      {{ values | map('zip', ['k1', 'k2', 'k3'])
                | map('map', 'reverse')
                | map('community.general.dict') }}
  vars:
    values:
      - - foo
        - 23
        - a
      - - bar
        - 42
        - b
  # Produces the following list of dictionaries:
  #   {
  #     "k1": "foo",
  #     "k2": 23,
  #     "k3": "a"
  #   },
  #   {
  #     "k1": "bar",
  #     "k2": 42,
  #     "k3": "b"
  #   }

Return Value